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Bones86

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Is anyone else having trouble with the queens frequency I am no longer able to listen on both my portable and base scanners I am on 154.00 and 482.0132 and can not get them.
 
Bones86 said:
Is anyone else having trouble with the queens frequency I am no longer able to listen on both my portable and base scanners I am on 154.00 and 482.0132 and can not get them.
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I'm receiving Queens just fine on 482.0132 but not at all on 154.400
 
I am too on 482.0312 but I'm also receiving Brooklyn on that frequency. It's strange
 
Same here, all the other boroughs are working on both of their frequencies except Queens. Bones86, are you receiving Queens at all on that frequency? Try putting in the PL tone for Queens, that should block out the Brooklyn audio. The same thing was happening to me.
 
manhattan said:
Would someone please explain what a "PL tone" is? 
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A Private Line tone is a subaudible tone (low frequency, for example 131 Hz) which is transmitted along with the human voice.  Its purpose is to enable the speaker in the receiver (disable the squelch).  If two signals are present on the frequency with different PL tones, the receiver's speaker will only work when the correct PL tone is present.

john
 
FDNY793727 I am having same problem not getting queens at all neither frequency but all other boroughs are working fine on both frequencies. Hope it's fixed soon
 
I didn't hear Queens Dispatch at all today on VHF until I was in Howard Beach.  And then it was sporadic, static filled, and broken.
 
jks19714 said:
manhattan said:
Would someone please explain what a "PL tone" is? 
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A Private Line tone is a subaudible tone (low frequency, for example 131 Hz) which is transmitted along with the human voice.  Its purpose is to enable the speaker in the receiver (disable the squelch).  If two signals are present on the frequency with different PL tones, the receiver's speaker will only work when the correct PL tone is present.

john
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Thanks, John.  Understanding anything more technical than tying my shoelaces sometimes often goes beyond my pay grade.
 
The VHF is only transmitting at 50 watts or less now compared to the 200 watts when the VHF was the primary system. The range is no where near what it used to be. I do not foresee the VHF system being around much longer. 
 
dan said:
The VHF is only transmitting at 50 watts or less now compared to the 200 watts when the VHF was the primary system. The range is no where near what it used to be. I do not foresee the VHF system being around much longer.
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I can confirm that the Queens VHF dispatch channel no longer comes in like it used to. I've also noticed the same thing with the other VHF channels as well. I've noticed that what I used to be able to pick up pretty easy some 50 or 60 miles away, can now only be heard about 20 miles away. It used to be that the FDNY could be heard on I-95 in New Haven, Ct about 60 miles from NYC. Now it can only be heard from around Stamford, Ct, about 20 or so miles outside NYC.

Using the same radio/antenna, the newer UHF channels have an even shorter range. This makes the online service of rebroadcasting even more valuable to those even slightly outside the NYC area.

I recently asked one member, who knows a lot more about this, "what kind of radio should I get to monitor these channels". He reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell (smart) phone. Could be heard 60 miles away or 600 miles away.

 
 
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